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MarleyMarlier
Marliest
marlin
marlin spike
Marline
Marline spike
Marline-spike
marline-spike bird
marlinespike
Marling
Marling spike
marlingspike
Marlite
Marlitic
Marlovian
Marlowe
Marlpit
marlstone
Marly
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marmalade box
marmalade bush
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) [syn: marlinespike, marlinspike, marlingspike]
Merriam Webster's
noun see marlinespike
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. Naut. a pointed iron tool used to separate strands of rope or wire. Etymology: orig. app. marling-spike f. marl fasten with marline (f. Du. marlen frequent. of MDu. marren bind) + -ING(1) + SPIKE(1)
